Fwd: Variable width stroke proposal

Percentages work for stopUnits="pathLength", but not "pathIndex" I guess.
 I am not married to the idea of re-using <stop> if that is going to be a
problem.

I also just noticed a couple of broken things in my sample. I'll try again.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<svg xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns="
http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" version="1.1" width="450px" height="450px"
viewBox="0 0 450 450">
 <defs>
   <strokeProfile id="swirl" stopUnits="pathIndex"
strokeUnits="userSpaceOnUse" interpolationMethod="linear">
     <stop offset="0" stroke-width="4"/>
     <stop offset="2" stroke-width="32"/>
     <stop offset="4" stroke-width="16"/>
     <stop offset="5" stroke-width="10"/>
     <stop offset="6" stroke-width="24"/>
     <stop offset="8" stroke-width="4"/>
   </strokeProfile>
 </defs>
 <g fill="none" stroke-width="url(#swirl)">
   <path d="M 375,225 C 375,180 285,195 240,240 C 195,285 180,375 225,375 C
270,375 255,285 210,240 C 165,195 75,180 75,225 C 75,270 165,255 210,210 C
255,165 270,75 225,75 C 180,75 195,165 240,210 C 285,255 375,270 375,225 Z"
/>
 </g>
</svg>




On 13 September 2013 21:24, Robert Longson <longsonr@gmail.com> wrote:

> Since stop offsets can take percentages what would percentages mean for
> the two units cases you propose?
>
> If percentages are meaningless you need a different element than stop (in
> fact I'd rather see a different element name even if you can shoehorn
> percentages in here).
>
> Robert.
>